Of all Arsenal players involved in mid-week, Aaron Ramsey was one who impressed with his wonderful solo goal against Scotland. The Welshman, who started for the Gunners in their last Premiership game away at Wolves, ... Click to continue reading...

Of all Arsenal players involved in mid-week, Aaron Ramsey was one who impressed with his wonderful solo goal against Scotland. The Welshman, who started for the Gunners in their last Premiership game away at Wolves, ...

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There's very little that surprises us here at Inside Left Towers these days. When we first heard SFA Chief Executive Gordon Smith blithely announce only days after he sacked his national team manager that those pariahs of the Scottish game, Alan McGregor, Barry Ferguson and Kris Boyd would be eligible for selection by any [. Click to continue reading...

All of us at COS towers wanted to point you in the direction of a brilliant new website that is a must for all football fans.

Tixdaq.com has had a facelift and is now THE place to get your football tickets whether you support Liverpool or Inter Milan, Manchester United or Juventus.

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In the search for its first coach for the new USL-1 Tampa Bay Rowdies, the ownership in Tampa dipped into one of the storied families in European football when they hired Paul Dalglish, the son of former Liverpool and Scotland great Kenny Dalglish.
"This sport is my obsession," said Dalglish, who gets his first pro head coaching job. Click to continue reading...

by FRANCO PANIZO

If the Houston Dynamo� is to continue� its relative MLS success next season,� it will likely have to do so without two of their most� talented players.

Midfielders Ricardo Clark and Stuart Holden� are out of contract at season's end, and both players are unlikely to return to the club, having been strongly linked� with moves� to Europe during the upcoming winter transfer window.

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by FRANCO PANIZO

If the Houston Dynamo� is to continue� its relative MLS success next season,� it will likely have to do so without two of their most� talented players.

Midfielders Ricardo Clark and Stuart Holden� are out of contract at season's end, and both players are unlikely to return to the club, having been strongly linked� with moves� to Europe during the upcoming winter transfer window.

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The Algerian post-match celebrations.

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• Hooligans force a player's premature retirement. (Dirty Tackle)
• The Diego Ban and How It Affects You (Futfanatico)
• Beginning the search for Scotland's next manager. (Inside Left)
• The vignettes of Finland.

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Scotland suffered an embarrassing 3-0 defeat to Wales at the weekend to signal the end of George Burley's Scotland career after only 22 months in charge. This was not the first time that Burley's position as Scotland manager had come under scrutiny, however where he had been given more time previously, time had well and truly run out for him this time around.

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Some of Scotland's players are "too thick" to understand George Burley's coaching methods, according to the sacked manager's nephew, Craig. Click to continue reading...

Now that the bunting has been torn down from between the tenements and the houses and the last of the party revellers bundled into a taxi for the long ride home, the mandarins at the SFA find themselves in a situation that gets less unique with every tournament that passes Scottish football by.

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Now that the bunting has been torn down from between the tenements and the houses and the last of the party revellers bundled into a taxi for the long ride home, the mandarins at the SFA find themselves in a situation that gets less unique with every tournament that passes Scottish football by. But they should [. Click to continue reading...

After an embarrassing string of results, George Burley's reign as Scotland manager has come to an end, costing the SFA an estimated £300,000 after he recently signed a contract extension.

The vast problems with Scottish football are not down to George Burley. Granted he hasn't had the most fruitful of terms in charge, but give him some credit, he was better than Berti Vogts.

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It was a contrite and regretful Gordon Smith that broke the news of George Burley's departure. Or was it? Interpreting for the cynical:The decision was taken after a meeting with the board of directors and, subsequently, the national coach. The board was in unanimous agreement. The rest of them agreed with my decision. Click to continue reading...

Burley's assistants, Terry Butcher and Paul Hegarty, were also released, 48 hours after Scotland succumbed to a 3-0 friendly defeat by Wales. The SFA had decided against dismissing Burley last month following a review of the national squad's failure to reach the World Cup qualifying play-offs. But Saturday's humiliation in Cardiff proved . Click to continue reading...

It did not take Chick Young long. In his obituary of George Burley's reign as national team boss the great oracle of our game points out that a new manager means a new chance for Kris Boyd, Allan McGregor and Barry Ferguson.Fair enough. A new broom and new beginnings. No manager taking the job should have his hands tied. Click to continue reading...

And so George Burley's reign ended as we knew - and in his heart of hearts he must have known - it would. The sheer inevitability of his sacking was blatantly obvious at around 3.30 Saturday afternoon.In truth it has been inevitable throughout a 14 game reign that never looked like building momentum. Click to continue reading...

George Burley was finally removed from his post as manager of the Scotland national side this evening, bringing to an end the managerial run of a man who in the end "managed" to make even Berti Vogts look good, and whose dismal record in charge of the national squad is second only to the late [...] Click to continue reading...

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The Scottish Football Association tonight confirmed George Burley's sacking as Scotland manager.

The SFA acted quickly after Scotland fans turned on Burley during Saturday's 3-0 friendly defeat by Wales.

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Scotland's 0-3 defeat to Wales at the weekend has all but sealed Burley's fate, however, and reports from Bonnie Scotland state George will soon be on the dole. But who would replace Burley? And are Scotland's failures really a management issue? Graeme Souness may have just crossed himself off a few Christmas card lists as he told the press he wouldn't want the Scotland job primarily because the country has produced no talent to work with. Click to continue reading...

Ramsey was incandescent in Wales 3-0 victory over a disjointed Scotland side. The third goal reminded me of the way Fabregas took off against Spurs for his goal. And now George Burley faces the axe.

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A few NSC programming notes: there will be no Who likes goals? today, there will be a U.S. v Denmark LIVE post on Wednesday and I will name my own MLS Best XI at S365 later in the week. And now, your Monday morning croissants, juice and papers...#1 - The World Cup finals field for South Africa is now at 26, with Cameroon capping their glorious table comeback with a 2-0 closing day win (as Click to continue reading...

It can often be that any youngster who just happens to play for Arsenal gets automatically over-hyped by the mainstream press almost purely because of the colours of the shirt they wear. I call it... Click to continue reading...

Bad news follows bad follows worse.That's the season so far.So, as a special treat, some good news and heartfelt thanks to the youngsters:Azerbaijan U21 0 - 4 Scotland U21JAMIE Murphy, scorer of a last-gasp winner in Scotland's previous qualifier at home to Belarus, continued his impressive form with a double as Scotland moved to the top of European Under-21 Championship Qualifying Group 10 with Click to continue reading...

Bad day for England, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland who all lost today.The Republic who lost 1-0 at home to France in their World Cup play-off 1st leg at Croke Park to leave them with an uphill task to qualify for South Africa next summer, away leg on Wednesday.England played the mighty Brazil without alot of injured players in Quatar and lost to a Nilmar goal on 47 mins. Click to continue reading...

Once more, with a little less feeling.That probably sums up another abject Scottish performance as well as anything could.This was bad, bad, bad. Scotland were humiliated again by Wales. The question remains: how many of these performances can we endure before a change is made.Before the game George Burley justified his selection of a full back, Danny Fox, because "he'd worked ever so hard" Click to continue reading...

Video Goal highlights from the first leg Russia vs Slovenia European FIFA 2010 World Cup Playoff game on Saturday, November 14, 2009. Game kicks off at the Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow at 16.00 UK time. Half time score :- Russia 1-0 Slovenia ( Diniyar Bilyaletdinov 40′) Russia 1-0 Slovenia ( Diniyar Bilyaletdinov 40′ goal) Fantastic strike from Bilyaletdinov. Click to continue reading...

Going against what this writer wanted, New Zealand became the 24th nation with a ticket for South Africa by beating Bahrain at home. The only goal of the match was scored by Rory Fallon in the final moments of the first-half. The first-leg of this playoff ended 0-0, which gave Bahrain the chance of qualifying with a draw different from the nil one.

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There are a number of International Friendlies on Saturday, November 14, 2009 as most nations are done with 2010 World Cup Qualification. Some of the friendlies including Brazil v England, Slovakia v USA, Spain v Argentina, and Italy v Netherlands. All of these matches and more will be covered live at our other site, Free Live Sports TV, at the links below.

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Wales will try to put far disappointment from the qualification for next year's world cup finals in South Africa when they make warm welcome with nearby country Scotland for a friendly play at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff this Saturday.

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Patrice Evra has confessed that he is on the receiving end of some piss taking after he rinsed his English United team-mates for failing to qualify for Euro 2008.

With Darren Fletcher's Scotland missing out on the World Cup, Evra has revealed how Fletch tells him they will be spending the summer together, after France fail to beat Ireland in the qualifier.

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Manchester United and France left-back Patrice Evra has told the press of his inability to drink his favorite drink, Sprite, after seeing nothing but green in it. France take on the Republic of Ireland this weekend in a crucial World Cup qualifyer, and Evra has quickly learned to despise all things green.

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With a couple of upcoming Friendlies (Macedonia on Nov 14 & Poland on Nov 18), and with a break in my Masters happening right now (oh, how convenient), I finally have chance to to write a proper blog post that isn't a summary of my Twitter stories.

Yeah a lot has happened lately. First Begovic, then Jacob Lensky (and thank you, Stephen Hart, for publicly expressing your disappointment).

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Apparently Del Amitri did the theme song for Scotland's 1998 World Cup team. YouTube embedding has been disabled by their label (yeah, because you wouldn't want to let their millions of fans talk about it, right?), but you can watch it here (with a special guest appearance by Colin Hendry's mullet!

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I think headaches should be outlawed on Wednesdays. I mean, you are as far removed from the most recent weekend as you are from getting to the next one. That's enough misery. A headache on Wednesday is overkill. I vote "no" on Wednesday headaches. What say you?#1 - Chivas USA netminding monster Zach Thornton was tabbed as the MLS Goalkeeper of the Year for a second time today. Click to continue reading...